S.I. No. 458/2001 - Local Government Act, 2001 (Commencement) Order, 2001


The Minister for the Environment and Local Government in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 7 of the Local Government Act, 2001 (No. 37 of 2001) hereby orders as follows:-

1.       This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act, 2001 (Commencement) Order, 2001.

2.       On the 9th day of October, 2001, subsections (1), (6) and (7) of section 1 and sections 2 , 3 , 4 , 6 , 7 , 8 and 247 of the Local Government Act, 2001 shall come into operation.

3.       On the 9th day of October, 2001 section 5(1) of, and Part 1 of Schedule 3 to, the Local Government Act, 2001 shall come into operation to the extent specified in the Schedule to this Order.

4.       On the 1st day of January, 2002, Part 23 of the Local Government Act, 2001 shall come into operation.

SCHEDULE

REPEALS

NUMBER AND YEAR

SHORT TITLE

EXTENT OF REPEAL

No. 13 of 1937

Local Authorities (Electrical Employees) Act, 1937

The whole Act.

No. 22 of 1940

Local Authorities (Cost of Living) Act, 1940

The whole Act.

No. 34 of 1940

Unemployment (Relief Works) Act, 1940

The whole Act.

No. 13 of 1945

Local Authorities (Cost of Living) (Amendment) Act, 1945

The whole Act.

No. 9 of 1955

Local Government Act, 1955

Section 62.

No. 12 of 1955

City and County Management (Amendment) Act, 1955

Section 7 and sections 9 and 11 insofar as they apply to an estimates committee.

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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment and Local Government this 8th day of October, 2001.

NOEL DEMPSEY

Minister for the Environment and Local Government

>EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

This Order brings into operation on the 9th day of October 2001 certain general provisions in Part 1 of the Local Government Act, 2001 ; also section 247 which provides for certain technical amendments to the Planning and Development Act, 2000 : as well as the repeal of certain enactments specified in the Schedule to the Order. The order also brings into operation on 1st day of January, 2002, Part 23 of the Act, which relates to transfer of shareholding in Temple Bar Properties Limited to Dublin Corporation.